Improvement in teeth fob lifting lodged grain



"'w. M JACKSON.

, Teeth for Li'ng Lndged Grain.

No. 65,750.. l Patented June.11,186`7.,

5 el ll i esr' {Uitnesse l 3111131111112 l W 5%@ are allowed to "ield, .or give to a certain extent, and are supported near their rear ends by elasti i' .i @time giet- @sind @man WILLIAM MARGS .nLOKsOrLv OF WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA. I i Letters Patent No.` 65,75Q',.datecl June 11, 1867.

IMPR'ovsMBNT 1N TBETH ron LIPTING LODGBD GRAIN.

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TO ALL WHOM IT-AMAY CONCERN: 1 p

' Be it` known that I, WILLrAMMAnCUS JACKSON, of .Woodlandin the county of Yolo, and State of California, have invented a new and improved Grain-Elevator or Lifter; and I do hereby declare that the following lis'a full, clear, and enact description-thereof,'which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in whcli- Figurell'is a side view of my invention. .l Figure 2, s. plan or top view of the same..

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. This invention relates to a new an'diimproved attachment to be applied to reapers for the purpose of elevating lodged grain and bringing it within the reach of lthe reel s o that the, latter can presentitproperly to the sickle. fllhe invention consists of a series of elastic shoes Vin connection with yielding fingers attached toK ,suitable bars provided with supports for the fingers, and arranged so as to forli; frames or sections, all arranged to operate as hereinafter set forth. I v l l A represents a series of parallel bars connected by cross-bars B, and braced, as shown at aV a. To the front end of each bariA there is attached an inclined metnlliestrip,'0. These strips serve as fingers-Zand they j bars D,

l .(8.86 iig. I A* I Ereprcsonts what I term shoes, composed of metallic strips, l5, the front endsof which are Vitttachedto the i nader sides of thebars A.' The strips are supported from the bars e by vertical rods d,` wl1ich pass through the front ends of the fingers C, and serve as guides as well-as supports, as'will he fully understood by referring to g. 1. l .n

The frame or section is attached to thereaper by hin-ges e, theV rear ypart of the frame or section having Vspiral springs f attached to bear against the ,under side of the platform, or suitable fixtures attached thereto.

This gives the whole apparatus a proper degree of elasticity. I design in practice tohave two frames or sections attached to a reaper, placed side by side. l A

The shoes E, as the machine'is drawn along, run Vunder-,the lodged grain, the latter passing npthe fingers C Within reach of .the reel, which presents the grain properly to the sickle. The vshoes E,- vit will be seen, are allowed te yield or give so that they' may conform to the inequalities-of surface over which they'may pass,and also pass readily over obstructions which may lie in their path, and the fingers C are also allowed to yield or give to the reel in case 'the letter cornes in contact with them.

l This invention has been. practically tested, and has been found to operate well, raising the lo'dgd'grnin' and causing it to be cut with equally as great certainty as the standing grain. i

` I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The elastic shoes, ineombination with' the yielding fingers applied to a frame-'or section, to be attached to a reaper, and all arranged to operate in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The above'speciieation of my invention signed by me this 15th day of Septelnber, 1866.

. WILLIAM MARCUS JACKSON.

Witnesses LEWIS Fitness, ARTHUR Mcn'rm'rn. 

